ST January 2013 Review

1. Classify as a chemical or physical change:

a. Two powders are crushed and an enormous amount of heat and sound are released____________ b. A compound of CH3OH boils until it all evaporates__________________________ c. A nail is hammered into a wall___________________________________ d. Skin forming a scab after it has been slightly cut. ________________________ e. Five precious Belgian chocolates melt in your mouth______________________ f. Paint dries. Its mass increases as it forms a compound with oxygen._____________________________ g. Zinc and oxygen combine to form ZnO_________________ h. Radio waves pass through your body_____________________

2. Balance the following equations:

a) KClO3 + S KCl + SO2

b) H3PO4 + CaBr2 Ca3(PO4)2 + HBr

3. You observe the reaction between CaS and 2 HCl which produces CaCl2 and the poisonous H2S .

The mass before the reaction was 143 g. The products only weighed 111 grams. What happened?

Was mass conserved? If so why aren’t the masses equal?

4. A student dissociated water using acid and electricity. If he measured approximately 27ml of

hydrogen, how many ml of oxygen was probably obtained?

5. As a result of his famous experiment in which a thin sheet of gold foil was bombarded with

alpha (α) particles, Rutherford significantly changed the atomic model proposed by Thomson.

The diagram below shows the trajectory of alpha particles passing through a thin sheet of gold foil or, in

rare instances, being deflected on its surface.

Explain the results of this experiment.

6. Use your knowledge of the periodic table families to fill in the blanks

a. The smallest alkaline earth metal is _________________________

b. The family that reacts with most metals is the_______________________

c. The least reactive family is the ____________________________

d. _____ + Br2 2 LiBr

7. How many electrons does a neutral atom of boron have?

8. How many protons are in a neutral atom of Ar?

9. Which, if any, of the following has more electrons? P-3 or S-2

Show work

10. Your school’s lab technicians have designed an interesting lab that uses calcium (Ca) but the

school’s shipment of calcium has not yet arrived. Rather than disappointing their students, the lab technicians decide not to cancel the lab and try to find a replacement for calcium.

a) Which element could replace calcium in the experiment? Explain your answer.

b) Draw a Rutherford- Bohr, a Thomson model and a Lewis diagram of calcium and the replacement element.

11. While building a machine for the science fair, you test a number of substances to determine how well they can conduct an electrical current.

Substance A A sugar cube

Substance B An iron nail

Substance C Sea water (NaCl)

Substance D Table salt (NaCl)

Substance E HCl Solution

Substance F NaOH solution

There is a chemical spill that releases magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) into the soil. Originally the pH of the soil is 7, after the spill the pH is 9. Two products: aqueous hydrogen iodide (HI) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) are available to neutralize the chemical spill. a) Choose the product that will neutralize the spill. Justify your answer. b) Complete and balance the chemical equation for this reaction.

Mg(OH)2 +______--> H2O + __________

12. Which of the following is the most concentrated solution? ( 2 marks)

a) 30 g of solute / 5L of solution

b) 5 g of solute / L of solution

c) 0.1 g of solute /10L

d) 3500 ppm solution

13. What type of energy(chemical, electrical, etc) is exemplified by each of the following:

a) The energy stored in unburned oil

b) The energy flowing through the copper wire leading to a lamp

c) The energy released by a radioactive nucleus

d) The energy of visible light

14. If an engine is 15 % efficient, how much energy does it waste if is supplied with 2000 kJ worth of

gasoline? Show work.

A

B

C

PART 2

1. Three simple classifications of chemical reactions are:

Synthesis (or composition) A + B AB

Analysis (or decomposition) AB A + B

Displacement AB + C AC + B

The following illustrations represent the three reactions listed above; classify them:

_________________

_________________

_________________

2. The following table lists the characteristics of a certain liquid.

CHARACTERISTICS

Produces a gas when in contact with a piece of metal.

Conducts electricity.

Turns litmus paper red.

How would you describe this liquid?

A) The liquid is a neutral solution.

B) The liquid is an acidic solution.

C) The liquid is a basic solution.

D) The liquid is a neutral salt solution.

3. a) Write the balanced equation for cellular respiration.

C6H12O6 + ___________ H2O + CO2

b) What is the ratio of products produced?

4. When 191 g of copper, Cu, is combined with 756 g of nitric acid, HNO3, the chemical reaction

produces 563 g of copper nitrate, Cu(NO3)2, 108 g of water, H2O, and a certain amount of nitrogen

dioxide, NO2. This reaction is represented by the following balanced chemical equation:

Cu + 4HNO3 Cu(NO3)2 + 2H2O + 2NO2

What mass of nitrogen dioxide does this reaction produce?

5. Anna Banana needs to neutralize a window-cleaner that contains ammonia. When she tests it with

red litmus paper, the paper turns blue.

a) What type of substance must she use to neutralize the cleaner? __________________________

b) What will 2 compounds will be produced after she neutralizes it? _________________________

6. In the laboratory, you are to neutralize an acid solution before disposing of it. Explain in detail how

you would neutralize this solution. In you explanation, indicate the material used and the steps

involved.

7. What are electrolytes?

8. What are ions?

9. How many electrons do the following ions have: Ca2+

, O-2

, K+1

10. Are the following acids, bases, salts or neither? If they are electrolytes, what is there ionic

dissociation?

Ionic Dissociation

a) HBr ________________

b) H2O ________________

c) CH4O ________________

d) CaCl2 ________________

e) NaOH _______________

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

_________________________________________

__________________________________________

11. The following diagram shows a solution being tested for electric conductivity with a conductivity

meter.

Explain why and how the light bulb lights up for each sample being tested. You

must refer to

The nature of the solution.

Ionic dissociation.

The nature of the materials used in the conductivity meter.

The components or construction of the conductivity meter.

12. Convert the following concentration into ppm.

a)

b)

c)

d)

13. Consider the 4 solutions below :

List the solutions from least to most concentrated.

4000 ppm

NaOH(aq)

A)

B)

C)

D)

14. What type of energy are the following objects associated with? (2 marks)

a. Silicon wafer panel _______________________________________

b. Eating food _______________________________________

c. Hydro dam _______________________________________

d. Batteries _______________________________________

15. A toy car consumed 4000 kJ of energy.

a) If its efficiency is only 15%, how much energy is actually used to move the car? Show all your

work. (3 marks)

b) If the car consumes triples the amount of energy, how much energy is wasted? Show all your

work. (2 marks)

16. What type of energy are the following objects associated with?

A power plant using uranium

Candle

Food

17. Marc wants to draw a sketch representing the magnetic field he observed around a

current-carrying solenoid he used in the laboratory. Which sketch is correct?

18. Which of the following diagrams represents the magnetic lines produced by a bar magnet?

I

IVII

S N

S N

S N

S NS N

III

A) I C) III

B) II D) IV

19. Draw the direction of an electron current.

20. What are the 4 factors that influences the conductivity of a material?

21. The four conductors shown below are made out of copper. Which one has the greatest conductance

A)

B)

C)

D)

9 V

+ -

A1

22. Which pair of substances can be used as conductors is an electric circuit?

A)

Aluminum and copper

C)

Copper and glass

B)

Aluminum and porcelain

D)

Porcelain and glass

23. A manufacturer wants to insulate an electric wire with a non-conducting material. Which one of the

following materials cannot be used for this purpose?

A) Ceramic C) Plastic

B) Graphite D) Glass

24. In every neutral atom, the number of electrons is:

A) less than the number of neutrons

B) equal to the number of neutrons

C) greater than the number of protons

D) equal to the number of protons

25. Which of the following substances are conductors?

1-Rubber 2-Plastic 3-Aluminum 4-Copper 5-Steel

A) 1 and 2 C) 2, 4 and 5

B) 1 and 3 D) 3, 4 and 5

26. Which of the following properties of stainless steel explain why stainless steel

pots may be used to cook food?

1- Not easily distorted

2- Average conductor of electricity

3- Good conductor of heat

4- Does not corrode

5- High density

6- High melting point

A) 1, 2 and 3 C) 2, 4 and 5

B) 5 and 6 D) 3, 4 and 6

27. When we rub a glass rod with silk, the rod becomes electrically charged. What happens during the

rubbing process?

The one that is higher on the list becomes negatively charged.

Rubber

Silk

Wool

Glass

28. A student conducted an experiment involving three electrically charged spheres A, B and C. The

steps in the experiment and some of the results are given below.

STEP

RESULT

1. Bring sphere A close to sphere B.

1. They attracted each other.

2. Bring sphere A close to sphere C.

2. They repelled each other.

3. Bring sphere B close to sphere C.

3. ?

Given the above information, what was the result of Step 3?

29. A balloon rubbed against human hair becomes negatively charged with static electricity.

Draw 3 diagrams and use (+) and () signs to show the electric charges and arrows to show any

transfer of charges. Explain each of the three steps.

30. There are three simple ways to charge an object electrically: by rubbing, by direct contact and by

induction. Which of the following statements are true?

1. It is very easy to charge a conductor by contact.

2. By rubbing, glass picks up electrons from silk and becomes positively charged.

3. An object charged by induction remains electrically neutral overall.

4. In a clothes drier, the clothes can become charged by contact.

(b)V

A

(a)A

V

(d)

(c)

V

A

A

V

+1 2

-

3 4

When spheres 1 and 2 are broughtnear each other, they attract.

When spheres 3 and 4 are broughtnear each other, they repel.

31. Spheres 1, 2, 3 and 4 are electrically charged. The charge on sphere 1 is positive and the charge on

sphere 4 is negative. We do not know the type of charge on spheres 2 and 3.

What type of charge is on sphere 2 and on sphere 3?

32. Which of the following is TRUE concerning a series circuit?

I- The current through each element (resistor) is the same.

II- The voltage drop across each element (resistor) is the same

III- The sum of the voltage drops equals the power source voltage.

a) I b) II c) III d) I and II e) I and III

33. Which of the following is TRUE concerning a parallel circuit?

I- The total resistance is less than the resistance of the lowest value resistor.

II- Adding a resistor in parallel decreases the total resistance.

III- Adding a resistor in parallel increases the total resistance.

IV- The feed line current increases as more resistors are added in parallel.

a) I and II b) I and IV c) II and IV d) I, II and IV e) I, III and IV

34. What must be the value of a resistor so that when connected in parallel with a 12 resistor it

produces a total resistance of 3 ?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 6

35. Which of the following diagrams is correct?

110 V I = 2 A1

10 15

25 5

A1

R = 202

R = 201

36. For the circuit below, what are the voltage drops across the 15 and 25 resistors respectively?

a) 20 v and 30 v d) 20 v and 50 v

b) 10 v and 50 v e) 30 v and 10 v

c) 30 v and 50 v

37. The circuit on the right consists of 4

resistors whose values are 2 , 4 ,

7 and 5 respectively.

Calculate the reading of the ammeter.

______________________________

38. The following electric circuit consists of two resistors (R1 and R2) and a power source. What is the equivalent

(or total) resistance of the circuit?

9 V

2=R1

? A=I

5=R4

4=R2

7=R3

A

A) 0.1 C) 20

B) 10 D) 40

39. A) For the circuit below, would the 5 resistor receive current if a switch was placed between

the last two resistors?

b) How would you assemble a circuit so that

a switch would allow only the last two

resistors to receive current?

40. The circuit is composed of a 6.0-V battery connected to a 10-Ω resistor. It includes an ammeter and a

voltmeter connected to the resistor terminals. How much energy will the resistor release in one

minute’s work?

41. At the hottest setting, a blow dryer uses 90 000 J in 60 seconds. What is its power rating?

42. A 1000 W heater is turned on for 4 hours. How much energy is used?

43. Which of the following has no influence on TIDES?

(A) Moon gravitational tug

(B) Earth and ocean’s inertia

(C) Sun

(D) Earth’s magnetic field

44. How many low tides do we get approximately every 25 hours?

(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 4

45. Why does it take more than 4 hours to get from one tide to the next? That’s because while the earth

spins on its axis…..

(A) The moon also rotates on its axis

(B) The moon rotates around the earth

(C) The sun rotates on its axis

(D) The earth slows down due to the moon’s gravitational tug